This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

A former electrical substation is now home to an eccentric junk art masterpiece.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

Official museum, hall of fame, and repository of the Texas Rangers.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

These boots are made for selfies.